My partner talking to her friend today. She's  married to Aussie 20+ years, but they have never done the Thai wedding. She asked her why not.  Answer was , if she marries here, and takes Farang name, she looses her Thai family name. Therefore she can no longer legally purchase land here. 

I realise TiT, but sounds bit of a stretch to me.  Anyone enlighten me before l put my foot in it too deep.

 

An' don't call me Surely

Edited July 21, 20196 yr by kiwinz

1 minute ago, kiwinz said:

if she marries here, and takes Farang name, she looses her Thai family name.

sorry , if she marries here, and takes Farang money, he looses his shirt and everything.

Yes, we all know that scenario. Just looking for constructive comments thanks.

No, it is no longer true. It was at one time in the past but is not the case now.

 

There is also no requirement to take the husband's name. My lady reverted to her original maiden name when we got hitched but retained the "Mrs" title.

 

When my wife and I got legally married I suggested she keep her Thai name as I considered it easier for her in the long run.  We have never had any problems so far.  If we did we can always produce the marriage documents.

 

Saying that I cant comment on the opposite.

Thanks, now l can pass on to her something more legit than heresay an gossip

It was probably true when they wanted to get married 20+ years ago. I had same problem. girlfriend 5 months pregnant and we flew to the UK did a registry office wedding and came back. At that time, 1991, we still needed to buy land and build a house which we couldn't do if she was married. But we needed married to get the coming child a nationality which at that time had to be Brit.

1 minute ago, Lungstib said:

It was probably true when they wanted to get married 20+ years ago.

 

Yes, the law was recinded relatively recently, no idea exactly when mind.

 

Even now some government officials are quoting the old rules.

 

3 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

It was probably true when they wanted to get married 20+ years ago. I had same problem. girlfriend 5 months pregnant and we flew to the UK did a registry office wedding and came back. At that time, 1991, we still needed to buy land and build a house which we couldn't do if she was married. But we needed married to get the coming child a nationality which at that time had to be Brit.

You don’t have to be married for your children to be British citizens, not now anyway.

Wife has my farang no problems with land

Married to Thai 5 years ago.  Afterwards, purchased a house in her changed name with no

problems at all.

 

That was the case many years ago. I had a colleague who would umphur divorce so wife could buy house then remarry. Claimed they had 7 houses.

5 minutes ago, Mark1066 said:

You don’t have to be married for your children to be British citizens, not now anyway.

not now, no, but 20+ yrs ago was quoted and rules changed around 2006 

We have been married for over 13 years.

My Wife took my name and has never had any problems whatsoever.

Apart from being stuck with me.

I think that law was rescinded in the "people's constitution" in 1997.  It was certainly gone by the time I got married in 2004.

1 hour ago, kiwinz said:

My partner talking to her friend today. She's  married to Aussie 20+ years, but they have never done the Thai wedding. She asked her why not.  Answer was , if she marries here, and takes Farang name, she looses her Thai family name. Therefore she can no longer legally purchase land here. 

Absolute nonsense.

Yes, agree with you completely . . 'Absolute Nonsense'  but it was just another one of those illogical laws back in the day. Nothing in this wonderful LOS is ever understandable. Hence we have TV.

My wife has my name no problems, has Thai ID card, Blue book,  passport and property in her married name.

We married in Australia not here. 

I still got my shirt as well.  Lol

She can still own land. She does not have to give up her family name either.

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